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August 25, 2011
DAY ONE
INVESTING IN INNOVATION TO ACHIEVE MARKET LEADERSHIP

09.30 – 10.00 Registration

10.00 – 12.00 Opening Plenary Session
Moderator: Evgeny Aleksandrovich Semikin, General Director, NP “Agency of Investment and Development of Volgograd Region”, www.airvo.ru

Topics for discussion:

1. Government Support of Innovation Development
2. Innovation Policy in the RF: Ways of Innovation Stimulation, Tax Policy Instruments, Normative-Legal Regulations
3. Russian Venture Company Initiatives in a sphere of Innovation-Venture Ecosystem
4. Public-Private Partnerships programs. The U.S.A. Experience in Innovation Cluster Development

Invited VIP-experts:

1. Kendrick Davis White, Founder & Managing Principal, MARCHMONT Capital Partners, www.marchmontnews.com;
2. Mikhail Valentinovich Ievenko, Investment Director, Infrastructure Investments, "Russian Venture Company", Moscow, www.rusventure.ru;
3. Konstantin Petrovich Fokin, President, National Business Angels Association (Russia), Moscow, www.rusangels.ru; Director in Russia, Economic Development Agency of the Western Switzerland, www.ggba-switzerland.ch, Lausanne;
4. Andrey Anatolyevich Gavrilenko, Head of Sberbank, Volgograd Branch # 8621, www.sbrf.ru;
5. Andrey Aleksandrovich Udakhin, Deputy Chairman, Volgograd Regional Branch of «OPORA ROSSII». Head of Innovation Entrepreneurship Development and IP Protection, Volgograd, www.opora.ru

Evgeny Semikin

Kendrick White

Mikhail Ievenko

Konstantin Fokin

Andrey Gavrilenko

Andrey Udakhin

12.00 – 12.30 Networking Coffee and Tea / Press-conference

12.30 – 14.30 Session 1: Round Table: Attraction of Investments for Technological Projects: Finance Sources, Funding Methodologies
Moderator: Konstantin Petrovich Fokin, President, National Business Angels Association (Russia), Moscow, www.rusangels.ru; Director in Russia, Economic Development Agency of the Western Switzerland, www.ggba-switzerland.ch, Lausanne

Topics for discussion:

1. Finance Sources for Innovation Projects Overview
2. Problems concerned with the Investments into Small Innovation Companies – Practical Experience
3. Private Equity Investment Funds as a Source of Finance
4. Regional programs of financial support of innovators and small innovation enterprise

Invited experts:

1. Pavel Popov, Head of Sales Services and Products Department of the Listing and OTC Market Department, OJSC “Russian Trading System” Stock Exchange, Moscow, www.rts.ru;
2. Vitaly Vinogradov, Partner, ALTHAUS Capital; Partner, i-Accelerator, Moscow, www.althausgroup.ru; Partner, i-Accelerator, www.i-accelerator.ru;
3. Aleksandr Valentinovich Poteryakhin, General Director, The South Investment Agency, Rostov-on-Don;
4. Kendrick Davis White, Founder & Managing Principal, MARCHMONT Capital Partners, www.marchmontnews.com;
5. Vladimir Alekseevich Demidov, Head of Entrepreneurship Development Department, Administration of the Volgograd Region, Volgograd, www.volganet.ru

Konstantin Fokin

Pavel Popov

Vitaly Vinogradov

Aleksandr Poteryahin

Kendrick White

Vladimir Demidov

14.30 – 15.30 Networking Lunch

15.30 - 16.30 Session 2: R&D practices in Corporations
Moderator: Kendrick Davis White, Founder & Managing Principal, MARCHMONT Capital Partners, www.marchmontnews.com

Topics for discussion:

• Large-Scale Enterprise Modernization – using R&D Innovation to raise Company Valuation and attract Investment Capital: Kendrick Davis White, Founder & Managing Principal, MARCHMONT Capital Partners, www.marchmontnews.com;
• Lyudmila Nikolaevna Medvedeva, Deputy Director, Ortekh, Volgograd

Kendrick White

Lyudmila Medvedeva

August 26, 2011
DAY TWO
COMMERCIALIZATION OF ENTREPRENEURAL INNOVATION

09.30 – 10.00 Registration

10.00 – 12.00 Workshop: Commercialization of Entrepreneurial Innovation. Market Driven Science
Moderator: Kendrick Davis White, Founder & Managing Principal, MARCHMONT Capital Partners, www.marchmontnews.com

Topics for discussion:

1. The role of the Modern Universities. Success stories in commercialization of innovation projects from regional Universities
2. High-tech Companies’ and Universities’ Cooperation in the area of Creating Innovative Production
3. Effective methods of Students Entrepreneurship
4. IP Protection: Global Best Practices Applied in Russia. Ways of IP protection. Patent protection strategies
5. Experience in search and commercialization of innovation projects
6. Proof of Concept Centers Operations. How can they work in Russia?
7. How can Business Education Influence on Innovation Activity?
8. Labor market trends in innovation economy

Invited experts:

1. Valery Sergeevich Korolev, Director, Innovation Development Center of Rostov Regional Administration, www.rrzir.irnd.ru;
2. Vitaly Vinogradov, Partner, ALTHAUS Capital; Partner, i-Accelerator, Moscow, www.althausgroup.ru; Partner, i-Accelerator, www.i-accelerator.ru;
3. Sergey Malakhov, Director on Development, Corporation “VOLMA”, Volgograd, www.volma.ru
4. Galina Vasil'evna Perepelkina, Director, Centre of European Business Education, Volgograd, www.cedo-link.ru;
5. Victor Anisimov, Manager, Management Consultant, Business-Analyst and Business Coach, Volgograd,  http://selfowner.ru;
6. Roman Victorovich Schelokov, Head of Innovation Activity Department,  Science, Innovation and Academic Staff Training Department, Volgograd State University, Volgograd State University, http://new.volsu.ru;
7. Olga Bozhenko, Head of Sales Department, HeadHunter, Volgograd, www.hh.ru

Kendrick White

Valery Korolev

Vitaly Vinogradov

Sergey Malakhov

Galina Perepelkina

Victor Anisimov

Roman Schelokov

Olga Bozhenko

12.00 – 12.30 Networking Coffee and Tea

12.30 – 14.30 Best Practices in Innovation Cluster Development
Moderator: Konstantin Petrovich Fokin, President, National Business Angels Association (Russia), Moscow, www.rusangels.ru; Director in Russia, Economic Development Agency of the Western Switzerland, www.ggba-switzerland.ch, Lausanne

Topics for discussion:

1. Best Practices in Innovation Cluster Development
2. Russian Venture Company Infrastructure Investment Fund (RVC InfraFund), RVC Biofund
3. Russian Venture Company Foreign Jurisdiction Funds
4. Yaroslavl Roadmap 10-15-20: 10 years on way, 15 steps, 20 cautions
5. Regional Innovation Systems Development
6. Creation of a Science Innovation Drogues Center – the first step in creation of the Chemical – Pharmaceuticals Cluster in the Volgograd Region
7. Successful Practical Experience in Innovation

Invited experts:

1. Kendrick Davis White, Founder & Managing Principal, MARCHMONT Capital Partners, www.marchmontnews.com;
2. Egor Vladimirovich Beketov, Director, “RVC Biofund”, Moscow, www.rusventure.ru;
3. Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Ozerov, Head of pharmaceutical and toxicological chemistry department, Professor, Doctor of Chemistry, Volgograd State Medical University, www.volgmed.ru;
4. Evgeny Aleksandrovich Semikin, General Director, NP “Agency of Investment and Development of Volgograd Region”, www.airvo.ru;

Konstantin Fokin

Kendrick White

Egor Beketov

Aleksandr Ozerov

Evgeny Semikin

14.30 – 15.30 Networking Coffee and Tea

15.30 – 17.00 Workshop: Innovation Projects Presentations
Moderator: Kendrick Davis White, Founder & Managing Principal, MARCHMONT Capital Partners, www.marchmontnews.com

Invited speakers and experts:

1. Egor Vladimirovich Beketov, Director, “RVC Biofund”, Moscow, www.rusventure.ru;
2. Evgeny Aleksandrovich Semikin, General Director, NP “Agency of Investment and Development of Volgograd Region”, www.airvo.ru;
3. Andrey Aleksandrovich Udakhin, Deputy Chairman, Volgograd Regional Branch of «OPORA ROSSII». Head of Innovation Entrepreneurship Development and IP Protection, Volgograd, www.opora.ru;
4. Ol'ga Gennad'evna Orlova, Innovation Entrepreneurship Development Agency, Volgograd

Kendrick White

Egor Beketov

Evgeny Semikin

Andrey Udakhin

Olga Orlova

Closing remarks

17.00 – 18.30 Closing Reception for all Participants

Contacts:

Alena Ryabinina, Manager, PR & Events Department, +7 831 419-45-65 (130), a.ryabinina@marchmont.ru